One in three young adults with autism or developmental disability have never been employed within eight years of their leaving high school (Newman et al., 2011). These students graduate from schools and may then work with multiple services providers across agencies. Collaboration between these agencies is critical. This case study describes the…

The Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (WICHE) received a year's grant from the Council on Library Resources to design and develop a library network for 17 western states. Major activities of the second quarter included: (1) hiring the project director; (2) continuing to acquire information on recent developments in networking; (3)…

This report examines issues relating to sector-wide approaches (SWA) to education. It focuses on SWA's relevance to poverty-reduction targets and their general mode of operation. Through this analysis, it seeks to assist those involved with educational development, including providers and recipients of technical and financial support. The document…

The Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (WICHE) received a year's grant from the Council on Library Resources to design and develop a library network for 17 western states. During the third quarter, work centered around defining a legal basis, governance structure, role, and appropriate level of program activity for the network.…

The Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (WICHE) received a year's grant from the Council on Library Resources to design and develop a library network for western states. Functions and program plans were developed for the newly established networking organization, Western Interstate Library Coordinating Organization (WILCO), with…

With the assistance of a grant from the Council on Library Resources, and funding and guidance from the Western Council of State Librarians, the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education's (WICHE) Continuing Education and Library Resources Program undertook an action research project to design and implement an interstate bibliographic…

The study of regional action in nursing education in the South covers three crucial years in the history of the field, during the establishment of the Southern Regional Education Board's Council on Collegiate Education for Nursing. After an introduction to the council the report describes the arrangements made and developed for its program and…

The results of a 1974 colloquium designed to discuss the preliminary feasibility of a United Nations University are provided. Twenty-five representatives from San Francisco Bay area institutions of higher learning met to discuss general programs and policies, bay area regional cooperation and collaboration, communications, and educator role. The…

This case study focuses on formal agreements between a college of education and individual school districts. The Office of Field Experiences (OFE), founded at Eastern State University's College of Education in the 1960s, formally collaborated with five school districts to establish either teacher centers or professional development centers. Each…

This case study of an interorganizational arrangement (IOA) involves a set of school districts and a college of education located in one of the most affluent areas in the United States. The school districts had a reputation for being among the strongest in public education, and it was from these schools that the university drew teachers to become…

The job development, job placement, and follow-up program reported on is an exemplary project in vocational education that includes 10 cooperating high schools located in a three-county area. The program is designed to prepare high school seniors and early school leavers to make positive transition from school to suitable employment or…